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Slick P.R. moves around the '08 Olympics can't hide the fact that China is still complicit in the Darfur genocide.
By Jill Savitt
October 4, 2007
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Bush's plan for AIDS relief in Africa: Promote condoms for "high-risk" groups, ignore transmission within marriage.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
July 10, 2007
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In Iowa, the long-shot candidate stuck with his blunt, freewheeling style, and warned of the dire mess in Iraq facing the next American president.
By Walter Shapiro
July 6, 2007
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The right has revved up its claim that the environmental pioneer who criticized DDT was responsible for the spread of malaria that killed millions. The facts say otherwise.
By Kirsten Weir
June 29, 2007
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The slave trade sent some Africans running for the hills. Where they got a little stuck.
By Andrew Leonard
June 21, 2007
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A funny thing happened on my way to civil war in Ethiopia -- I met Reagan, and I would never see guerrilla rebels the same way again.
By Nick Wadhams
June 16, 2007
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China isn't the only former victim of colonialism asserting itself in Africa. India's also on the move.
By Andrew Leonard
June 13, 2007
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Can a citizens movement enlisting the likes of George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Don Cheadle finally stop the genocide in Darfur?
By Mathieu von Rohr
June 13, 2007
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How one American mom's desire to donate breast milk to African orphans, with a little help from Oprah, stirred up a milk bank mess.
By Carol Lloyd
June 7, 2007
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What do AIDS researchers owe their poor, at-risk subjects?
By Carol Lloyd
June 1, 2007
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To achieve lasting prosperity African nations will have to compete with what East Asia does best, and not just feed its maw with raw materials.
By Andrew Leonard
May 31, 2007
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Researchers say improving women's lot will stem the virus' spread in Africa.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
May 25, 2007
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What caused the Kenya Airlines 737 to nose-dive just after takeoff, killing all aboard? We still don't know -- and neither does the press.
By Patrick Smith
May 18, 2007
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Western do-gooders may want to help Africa stop the AIDS epidemic. But Helen Epstein's new book shows the most effective solutions are often the continent's own.
By G. Pascal Zachary
May 17, 2007
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First the U.S., then the Soviets, explored for oil in eastern Ethiopia. Now the Chinese are there, and paying dearly for it.
By Andrew Leonard
April 24, 2007
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A new study says maybe, maybe not.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
March 7, 2007
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Western mining companies complain to Mommy about China's bad behavior.
By Andrew Leonard
January 29, 2007
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Critics of her sanctuary for South African girls be damned -- the media mogul's generosity is beyond reproach. But her PR gaffes around the school's opening revealed the scars of her own impoverished past.
By Rebecca Traister
January 13, 2007
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The Kenyan author explores his experience with dictatorships in an interview and excerpt from his novel.
By Salon staff
December 13, 2006
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It's nonstop to Africa for the first time in 15 years. Why should we care?
By Patrick Smith
December 8, 2006
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A highly publicized criminal cruelty case shines the spotlight on female genital mutilation in the U.S.
By Page Rockwell
October 30, 2006
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Legal abortion celebrates a birthday in Britain. Plus: Legendary drummer Sandy West dies, Jessica Valenti on "Boobgate" and more.
By Page Rockwell
October 27, 2006
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Madonna will soon find out it's tough enough to be an adoptive parent without being accused of "baby buying."
By Mary Kane
October 25, 2006
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It may be naive, but Bill Clinton's initiative to solve the planet's biggest problems is raising the prospect of a world where America can lead again.
By Joe Conason
September 22, 2006
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One in 20 African women dies in childbirth. Broadsheet hero Nicholas Kristof calls attention to the crisis.
By Page Rockwell
September 18, 2006
China's deadly Darfur games
Fighting AIDS with abstinence
Joe Biden lets it all hang out
Rachel Carson's birthday bashing
The destiny of bad geography
My hapless African rebel
Ending "the world's hottest war"
Milk money
Ask the Pilot
The invisible AIDS cure
What Oprah can't forget
"Wizard of the Crow"
Ask the pilot
Don't justify my love
Great expectations
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